European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Friday Nown Ber 26, opening of secret spy budget urged by the new York time Washington the White House should Dis close its multimillion Dollar budget for secret Intelli gence spending senior members of Congress say. The secrecy of the Black budget is a relic of the cold War the lawmakers said a letter sent to the White House on tuesday. It was sent by House speak or Thomas s. Foley of Washington Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell of Maine House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt of Missouri and nine pre sent and former leaders of congressional committee overseeing the nation s intelligence agencies. The Black budget an official secret throughout the cold War is estimated to be nearly $28 billion this year. The Money is hidden under falsified line items inthe Pentagon s budget. While the approximate sum has been something fan open secret for years those who support disclosure say common sense and the Constitution demand that it be made Public. The level of intelligence spending although not the details must be open to the Public the letter said. The norms of our democratic system require that the Public be informed we no longer face a monolithic enemy with a massive intelligence establishment that might somehow use this information to harm us. Nei ther can we rely upon unquestioning Public support for secret operations or for the budgets to support  the secret budget finances the National Security Agency which conducts electronic  National reconnaissance office which builds spy satellites. The Central intelligence Agency. And a Host of military intelligence  Cia spends less than 15 percent of the total espionage budget. Pentagon agencies spend almost All the  of the secret budget say it violates a clause in the Constitution that reads a regular statement an account of the receipts and expenditures of All Public Money shall be published from time to  counter that National Security demands classified accounts for secret  present Day Black budget began with the Man Hattan project the program to build an atomic bomb during world War ii. That project spent $2.17 billion in secret. Only one member of Congress House speaker Sam Rayburn a Texas knew now the Money was hidden and  Central intelligence Agency act of 1949 gave secret spending a Legal foundation. The act said any Armor the government could Transfer Money to the director of Central intelligence without regard to any provi Sions of  intelligence spending was unaccountable until the Senate and House intelligence oversight committees were created in the mid-1970s. Over the past 15 years Congress has periodically moved to seek publication of the Black budget s Bottom line. But presidents and directors of Central Intelli gence have thus far blocked disclosure. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 28,1983 Syria and saudi Arabia announced a cease fire to end the Plo s civil War and evac uate the forces of Yasser Arafat and the Plo rebels from Tripoli Leb anon. 20 years ago nov. 26,1973 greek president George Papadopoulos was Over thrown in a bloodless coup led by a general who was immediately sworn in As president. 30 years ago nov. 26,1963 president Ken Nedy whose quest for an enduring peace in a dangerous world was Cut Short by an Assassin s Bullet was burled in an Arlington grave. Over his resting place will bum an eternal flame. 40 years ago nov. 28,1953 the army Navy and Marine corps Are studying the possibility of reducing manpower by 10 percent without impairing com Bat effectiveness the Pentagon Dis closed. 50 years ago nov. 26,1943 with Turkey Din ners Church services and parties american forces in great Britain celebrated a thanksgiving Day not unlike the Crisp autumn feast Day they were accustomed to at Home. I world War ii 50 years ago today nov. 26 red army soldiers capture Gomel on the Central soviet front. In fee Mediterranean a German bomb sinks British troop transport of Bougie Algeria killing 1,000 people. The Cairo conference in Egypt ends with no decisions reached about the invasion of Northern France president Franklin 0. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill head to Iran for meeting with soviet Premier Josef Stalin in Cru an Sozio 21 to Dayt of Wai. W. H. Smith publisher $ inc. Tofu almanac Book of Woid War but on books corp. Santa s rely Deere Paul Fitch advertising director of Reynolds farm equip rent fills the fas tank on a John Deere Lawn tractor for a test run of a Christmas display tuesday in Fishers ind. The display features four of the Lawn tractors and 2,000  tractor Dealership will illuminate n 300,000-Llght Holiday display on monday. Criminal probe sought in baby Swap Sarasota Fla. A a criminal investigation should be launched into a new claim that a doctor ordered a baby Swap involving Kimberly Mays nearly 15 years ago the attorney for Mays biological parents says. Since Day one. I have pleaded wit people to treat the Twiggs As victims of a kidnapping said Johari bakery the at Gorncy for Ernest and Regina Twigg. People Haven t wanted to believe it but they should Start believing it  the Twiggs who have Long claimed the Swap was intentional Are appealing a judge s ruling last summer that denied them any claim to Kimberly. The baby Swap came to Light when the child raised by the Twiggs developed heart problems and blood tests showed she was their biological daughter. Alter Arlen Twigg died in 1988, the Twiggs began a search that led them to Kimberly and Rob Ert Mays who raised her. Bakery conceded wednesday that criminal investigation would have no effect on the custody Case unless it Points to Mays who has been affirmed by the courts As Kirn Berry s father. Mays attorney Arthur gins Burg said Bob Mays is not involved it s not a concern of ours  Hardee county sheriffs Mai. Edward Hendrix said wednesday that no one had yet formally requested a probe but if asked veil do whatever is necessary whatever it  bakery made his Call for an investigation after former nurse s aide Patsy Webb changed her Story in the Case. T on tuesday. Webb said in a statement that a doctor at Hardee memorial Hospital in Rural Wauchula gave the order to switch Kimberly with another ailing baby in 1978. She said she refused but when she came inthe next Day she found the two babies had been  said a doctor later told her if she spoke out she would be fired and lose the health insurance that was allowing her to care for her own cancer stricken child. Webb who previously denied knowing anything about the switch said she decided to speak out now because she is sick with respiratory illness. Attorneys for Webb offered no corroborating evidence and refused to provide a motive or comment beyond her statement Dena Speith a 70-year-old retired nurse on duty at the same time said she does t be Lieve Webb s Story. She would say or do any thing to stay in the limelight Speith said wednesday. She was always dying from this emphysema and she was always a bottle out  Phoenix was t regular drug user Mother says los Angeles a River Phoe Nix s Mother says that her son was not a regular drug user and that his overdose stemmed from a party scene Way beyond his usual experience and  is my prayer that Rier s leaving in this Way will focus the attention of the world on How painfully the spirits of his generation Are being worn Down Arlynn heart Phoenix said in a letter published wednesday in the los  23-year-old rising Star died of an overdose of cocaine and heroin after parrying Early halloween morning at the Viper room a trendy Hollywood night club co owned by actor Johnny Depp. Arlynn Phoenix who lives in Gaines Ville Fla., said the world is a confusing place for Young people and we need to address  she wrote drug abuse is a symptom of an unfeeling materialistic Success oriented world where the feelings and creativity of Youn people Are not seen As  despite reports that her son was a fre quent Heroia user he was not an addict the said. His friends co workers and the rest of our family know that River was not a regu Lar drug  she wrote. He lived ithome in Florida with us and was almost never a part of the club scene in los an Geles. He had just arrived in la. From the Pristine Beauty and quietness of i Tan where he was filming for six weeks. We feel that the excitement and Energy of toe halloween nightclub and party scene were was beyond his usual experience and con Phoenix starred in the films stand tyme and my own for rare Idaho